Nermin Habib Ceramic Artist Exploring Culture, Craft and the In Between Through Clay.

Nermin Habib is currently an artist in residence at The Art Station in Muharraq, Bahrain. A multidisciplinary artist, she works across creative strategy, filmmaking, photography, and ceramics, allowing each discipline to inform the other. As a cultural nomad, her practice reflects an evolving dialogue between heritage and contemporary expression, concept and material, structure and intuition. Before dedicating herself fully to ceramics, Nermin built a career as a creative strategist in advertising and later as a brand strategist in technology. During her time at Google, she contributed to campaigns connected to NASA, shaping narratives that bridged innovation and culture. Alongside this work, she developed her voice in film. Her short film Cairo Soul received international recognition, earning awards from Global Shorts and Best Shorts for Best Editing and Award of Excellence. A clip from the film appears in the opening frame of Pharrell Williams’ music video Freedom, extending its global reach. Nermin holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her artistic philosophy is rooted in the idea of the in between, exploring spaces where cultures converge, identities shift, and ideas transform. This perspective guides her transition into a full time ceramic practice. Clay has become both sanctuary and storytelling medium. Through hand built forms, layered surfaces, and tactile marks, she translates lived experience into material presence. Her work merges tradition with experimentation, honoring craft while pushing its boundaries. Her sculpture Flow was exhibited at Isola during Milan Design Week 2025, engaging an international audience. Today, her practice centers on narrative, material intelligence, and the enduring power of handmade form.